A total of 357 newly qualified teachers will receive their NIE diplomas at the Teachers' Investiture Ceremony to be held at the Nanyang Auditorium, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) on Wednesday, 20 January 2010. The Guest-of-Honour for the event is Ms Grace Fu, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Education.

At the ceremony, the teachers will receive their Postgraduate Diploma in Education, Bachelor of Arts (Education), Bachelor of Science (Education) and Diploma in Education. Please refer to the details in Annexe A and the list of prize winners is in Annexe B.

Besides the prize winners, journalists may wish to interview two other outstanding graduands listed in Annexe C, who coped with challenging circumstances to achieve their diplomas.